An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF 10 COURT FINES, FEES, OR COSTS AFTER DEFAULT, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                       SENATE BILL 260

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5 By: Senator J. Bryant

6 By: Representative Gonzales

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8                              For An Act To Be Entitled

9       AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF

10      COURT FINES, FEES, OR COSTS AFTER DEFAULT; AND FOR

11      OTHER PURPOSES.

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14                                 Subtitle

15                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE

16                       COLLECTION OF COURT FINES, FEES, OR

17                       COSTS AFTER DEFAULT.

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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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21      SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 5-4-204 is amended to read as follows:

22      � 5-4-204. Collection after default.

23      (a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine or costs fines, fees, or

24 costs defaults in the payment of the fine or costs fines, fees, or costs or

25 of any installment, the fine or costs fines, fees, or costs may be collected

26 by:

27      (1) By any means authorized for the enforcement of a money

28 judgment in a civil action; or

29      (2) Upon the court's own motion, by the interception of the

30 defendant's state income tax return by following the procedures under � 5-4-

31 206(d)--(f) for the collection of unpaid restitution.

32      (b) A judgment that the defendant pay a fine or costs fines, fees, or

33 costs constitutes a lien on the real property and personal property of the

34 defendant in the same manner and to the same extent as a money judgment in a

35 civil action.

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